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The world at the moment is experiencing climate change in terms of increasing temperature and erratic rainfall patterns. India is no exception to this problem of climate change. India being a developing country is extremely dependent upon the natural cycles. The state of Uttarakhand in India is one which is blessed with abundance of flora and fauna and dense forests. There are villages across Uttarakhand which are situated around the forests. The communities of these villages take care of the forests and derive local goods for their livelihoods. These legally demarcated villages are known as van panchayats. With this problem of climate change it becomes important for the policy makers to sit down and curate the right policies. The present study aims to see how the formal institutes in Uttarakhand help the communities under van panchayats adapt to the problem of climate change.
